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Who owns Elvis Presley?
If you've toured Graceland and witnessed the Elvis Presley merchandising giant, it's a question you might have asked yourself. Elvis "the Brand" is a retail empire, from his Nashville home to his music catalogue to his image as a rock n' roll icon. And for the sake of curiosity, you might have wondered, "Who inherited the King of Rock n' Roll's kingdom?" A new complaint answers that question.
Recently, Elvis Presley Enterprises filed a copyright/trademark action accusing a video distributor of wilfully engaging in infringing activity consisting of the manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion and sale of a CD/DVD box set entitled, Elvis 77 - The Final Curtain.
The intellectual property issues notwithstanding, the complaint chronicles the progress of Elvis' estate post-mortem. In a nutshell, it states:
View or download the entire complaint filed in Elvis Presley Enterprises, et al. vs. Bud Glass Productions, et al., 4:11-cv-00050 (N.D. Fla. 02/02/11)